{"id":2004,"date":"2010-06-23T21:44:38","date_gmt":"2010-06-23T19:44:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scotclans.com\/bletherskite\/?p=2004"},"modified":"2010-06-23T21:44:38","modified_gmt":"2010-06-23T19:44:38","slug":"fyvie-castle-and-the-ghostly-trumpeter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/project1-m9gb2xku8.live-website.com\/?p=2004","title":{"rendered":"Fyvie Castle and the ghostly trumpeter"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_39437\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-39437\" style=\"width: 350px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/fyvie-castle.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-39437\" alt=\"Fyvie Castle\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/fyvie-castle.jpg\" width=\"350\" height=\"278\" srcset=\"https:\/\/project1-m9gb2xku8.live-website.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/fyvie-castle.jpg 350w, https:\/\/project1-m9gb2xku8.live-website.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/fyvie-castle-300x238.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-39437\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fyvie Castle<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Fyvie Castle, near Turiff in Aberdeenshire, is haunted by the ghost of a phantom trumpeter who first made his appearance there in the 18th century. The trumpeter was a man called Andrew <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scotclans.com\/scottish-clans\/clan-lammie\/\">Lammie<\/a> and he fell in love with Agnes <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scotclans.com\/scottish-clans\/clan-smith\/\">Smith<\/a>, the local miller&#8217;s daughter. Agnes&#8217; parents did not approve of Andrew Lammie.<\/p>\n<p>Learning that Andrew and Agnes were meeting in secret the Laird, who himself wanted the girl as his mistress, had Andrew seized and sent in slavery to the West Indies. After several years Andrew managed to escape and return to Scotland to look for his beloved Agnes, only to discover that she had died a short while after he had been forcibly taken abroad. 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